XV Mountain Corps

The XV Mountain Corps was a German mountain infantry corps that existed from 12 August 1943 to 8 May 1945. The corps was created in Croatia and subordinated to the 2nd Panzer Army, and the corps conducted counter-insurgency operations against the Yugoslav Partisans. In May 1944, Ernst von Leyser began Operation Roesselsprung, a failed attempt on Josip Broz Tito's life. On 8 May 1945, Gustav Fehn surrendered the corps to the Yugoslav partisans, who massacred many of the remaining troops of the corps.